2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP AND PUSHED THE CONTACT INTO A BARRIER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED WHIPLASH AND BACK PAINS. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

WHILE DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 IN SOUTHERN KY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED A LITTLE AND "TRACTION CONTROL" AND "STABILIZATION" ERRORS DISPLAYED FOLLOWED BY "REDUCING POWER." AND, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED MY CHEVY DEALER AND ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING - THEY SAID YES, AS LONG AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T FLASHING. WE WENT ABOUT 5 - 10 MORE MILES AND THE DISPLAY FLASHED SOMETHING ABOUT THROTTLE PROBLEM AND THEN "SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE", WHICH IT DID IMMEDIATELY WITH NO WARNING WHILE WE WERE DOING ABOUT 70 - 75MPH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 3 NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-75. I HAD TO TRY TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. ONCE THERE, I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED - IT DISPLAYED "STARTER DISABLED." WE CALLED OUR ROAD SERVICE AND THEY TOOK OUR INFO, FOUND THE NEAREST CHEVY DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD WORK ON IT ASAP IF WE GOT IT IN THERE. WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON SETTING UP A TOW I TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN. IT STARTED BUT THE CHECK ENGINE WAS STILL ON. I TRIED DRIVING A LITTLE ALONG THE SHOULDER AND IT SEEMED OK SO I SAID WE'D TRY DRIVING TO THE DEALER RATHER THAN WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. WE MADE IT. THEY GOT ON IT FAIRLY QUICKLY AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS THE GAS PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I COULD SAFELY PULL OFF. I HATE TO THINK WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THIS HAD HAPPENED EARLIER AS WE WERE TRAVELING THRU ATLANTA WITH ITS 6 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. SUDDENLY LOSING POWER AND CONTROL IN THAT TRAFFIC WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CAUSED ONE OF THOSE MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THAT MAKE THE NATIONAL NEWS. WHAT KIND OF INCOMPETENT PROGRAMMING OF THE CAR'S COMPUTER WOULD TRIGGER A FULL, INSTANT SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF A FAULTY ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR? I WOULD SUGGEST AN IMMEDIATE RECALL TO RE-FLASH THE COMPUTER TO ELIMINATE THE NO-WARNING SHUT DOWN. *TR

TRACTION CONTROL, STABILTRAK SYSTEM ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON REDUCED ENGINE POWER, THIS HAS HAPPEN A LOT OVER THE COUPLE MONTHS.

WHEN THE INCIDENT FIRST OCCURRED, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DASH READ "SERVICE STABILITRAK", "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". IT SEEMED FINE WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THE NEXT INCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL A WHILE LATER, AND THEN IT WASN'T THAT BAD. A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, EXCEPT IT SAID "STARTING DISABLED, SERVICE THROTTLE" AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES. IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. EVENTUALLY, LEADING UP TO TODAY, MY CAR GOT WORSE AND WORSE, AND EVENTUALLY IT JUST STARTED TURNING OFF AT STOPLIGHTS WITH THE MESSAGE "STARTING DISABLED, SERVICE THROTTLE". IT STARTS WITH THE OTHER MESSAGES ALMOST AS SOON AS I TURN ON THE CAR. THE ENGINE REVS AND THE CAR SOUNDS AWFUL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN I 80 WEST OF PRINCETON ILL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT .THE DASH THEN LIGHT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH LIGHTS I HAD NEVER SEEN AND CAN NOT DUPLICATE WITH TURNING THE KEY TO ON .THE CAR IMMEDIATELY DIED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES .I GOT THE CAR STOPPED SAFELY .I CALLED A MECHANIC IN THE TOWN I LIVE IN AND HE ASKED IF IT WOULD START AGAIN. EARLIER WHEN I TRIED TO START IT ACTED AS THOUGH THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THIS TIME IT STARTED AND I DROVE IT HOME .A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE GAS PEDAL .I HAD BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH OR HAD ANY REPAIRS DONE BESIDES ROUTINE SERVICE. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE SHUT OFF AT 70 MPH BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SENSOR ON A GAS PEDAL.I AM A RETIRED STATE TROOPER AND I AM SURE MY TRAINING SAVED ME FROM BEING IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO HAVE OTHER CARS AND SEMI S DRIVING NEAR ME. *TR

AFTER WET WEAR HER STABILITY LIGHT MESSAGE, TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AS DOES ENGINE POWER REDUCED MESSAGE POWER IS REDUCED AND VEHICLE DIES IF YOU DO NOT PULL OVER AND TURN IT OFF AND BCK ON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM WHICH GM IS AWARE OF AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES IF NOT DEALT WITH. *TR

IT HAD SNOWED OVERNIGHT AND I WAS DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR GOING DOWNHILL WHEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN WHERE THE ODOMETER READING IS IT SAID ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND THEN CHECK TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK STABILIZER. I DID MAKE IT TO WORK AS THE CAR SHOCK AS THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE. I DID LET IT SIT ALL DAY WHILE I WAS AT WORK AND THEN WHEN I STARTED IT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND IT RAN OK. I TOOK IT ACROSS THE STREET AND PARKED IT AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND SINCE IT IS SUNDAY THEY ARE NOT OPEN AND I WILL STOP BY IN THE MORNING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS WRONG TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT. WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A YEAR AND CONSIDERING NOT OWNING ANOTHER CHEVY. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE IN MN WHEN THE CAR JUST QUIT,AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THERE WAS A OFF RAMP AND WE COASTED UP TO THE TOP. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SO WE NEVER REPORTED IT,AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. WASN'T TILL TODAY MY WIFE SAW WHERE GM HAD A PROBLEM SOUNDING LIKE HAPPENED TO US. SO I WENT ON LINE WITH GM THE GIRL SAID TAKE IT TO A DEALER ,ITS OUT OF WARRANTY SO I LL HAVE TO PAY GRRRRRRRRR I SAID ITS NOT MY TROUBLE WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS YOUR FAULT. SHE DIDN'T CARE,NO BIG SURPRISE ! I TOLD HER THAT I PRINTED OUT WHAT SHE AID SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MY WIFE OR ME I HAVE PROOF I TOLD THEM OF MY TROUBLE. THOUGHT YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW SO IF ANYONE ELSE SHOULD REPORT THE PROBLEM THEY ARE NOT ALONE. *TR

THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. I GO TO START MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND IT HAS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND IS GIVING ME MESSAGES OF ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK. THE CAR STILL DRIVES WHEN THIS IS ON, BUT ITS REALLY DOGGIE, AND SHIFTS HARD. *TR

AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON THE LOW ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON .SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO 15 MPH. HAD TO PULL OVER TURN CAR OFF . THEN RESTARTED IT AGAIN IT WAS FINE FOR A MONTH . IT REPEATED SAME PROBLEM. NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON .HDHAD CODE READ SAYING THROTTLE CABLE AND TRACTION CONTROL.TO ME THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. HIGHWAY DRIVING THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT .I CAN SEE THIS HAS BEEN A ISSUE WITH GENERAL MOTORS WITH IMPALAS AND OTHER MODELS SINCE 2008.HOW MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS WOULD IT TAKE UNTIL ITS FIXED .COMPLAINTS KEEP COMING UP AFTER THROTTLE BODIES REPLACED STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEMS. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM. *TR